Statement
My artwork and illustrations focus on native species and natural areas, to highlight the visible and reveal the unseen. Fascinated by the invisible relationships between living organisms and their environments, I draw and paint from life (and occasionally from death). This allows me to prolong my own relationship with them, and to observe, wonder, learn and understand, bit by bit, how the natural world functions without the heavy hand of humans; and hopefully, eventually, how they might survive our weighty footprints. My sketches from life, in drawing media or watercolor (chosen for their low toxicity and environmental impact), provide the base for studio works, whether of larger sizes or in media (cut paper or block prints) more delicate than can be accomplished outdoors.